single photon emission computed tomography

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sin·gle pho·ton e·mis·sion com·put·ed to·mog·ra·phy (SPECT),

tomographic imaging of metabolic and physiologic functions in tissues, the image being formed by computer synthesis of photons of a single energy emitted by radionuclides administered in suitable form to the patient.

sin·gle pho·ton e·mis·sion com·put·ed to·mog·ra·phy

(SPECT) (sing'gĕl fō'ton ē-mi'shŭn kŏm-pyūt'ĕd tŏ-mog'ră-fē)

Tomographic imaging of metabolic and physiologic functions in tissues, the image being formed by computer synthesis of photons of a single energy emitted by radionuclides administered in suitable form to the patient.

Furthermore, we investigated the differences between those who were clinically diagnosed as substance abusers (n = 33; 7 female, 26 male) within our patient population versus those who were not (n = 76) and found no significant level of change between the two groups with regards to adding a SPECT scan to the diagnostic workup.

Several articles characterize the brain propagation patterns of the epileptogenic electrocortical discharge and resultant rCBF hyperemia to allow for more accurate localization of the epileptogenic focus in cases where [greater than or equal to]2 cortical areas are seen to be hyperemic on the brain SPECT scan.

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